Methods,  apparatus, and systems for instantly sharing video content on social media

ABSTRACT

Methods, apparatus, and systems for instantly posting images or video clips to social media websites during recording of video content are provided. A video capture device is provided for recording video content. A social media integration application is associated with the video capture device. The selection of a still image or video clip during recording of video content is enabled via a one-touch process. The selected still image or video clip is then processed by the social media integration application such that the still image or video clip is at least one of directly forwarded to and posted on one or more pre-selected social media websites via a network or forwarded to and posted on the one or more pre-selected social media websites via a web browser interface.

This application is a continuation of commonly-owned co-pending U.S.patent application Ser. No. 14/666,486 filed on Mar. 24, 2015, whichclaims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/971,255 filedon Mar. 27, 2014, each of which is incorporated herein and made a parthereof by reference for all purposes.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to the field of videorecording/transmission and social media. More specifically, the presentinvention relates to methods, apparatus, and systems for participatingin social media activities while undertaking a live video transmissionor recording session by instantly sharing video content (still images orvideo clips from recorded video) during the recording of the videocontent with social media websites.

Social media began as a Web darling and has now permeated the socialfabric of people's everyday lives. The television broadcast industry hastaken notice, and social media has become an important part oftelevision production and news distribution. In particular, social mediahas had a large impact on live television production that includes news,sports, and coverage of major events, entertainment, and more. Withaudiences having many more choices regarding when and where they chooseto get their information, traditional television broadcasters mustexpand their reach in order to remain competitive for audienceattention.

Social media has enabled production staff in the studio (such asanchors, news directors, assignment desk managers, producers, socialmedia desk managers, etc.) or staff in the field (such as productioncrews, reporters/on-air talent, camerapersons, technical crews, fieldproducers, etc.) to quickly communicate with audiences using popularsocial media applications such as Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and others.By communicating directly with an audience during a live televisionproduction, it is possible to drive viewers immediately to a particularprogram to watch an event such as a breaking news story.

The challenge often is determining how does the television productionstaff in the field efficiently and easily contribute to social media asan integrated part of their normal process. Reporters and on-air talentare mostly occupied with presenting or gathering information for a livestory/live shot, camera crews are focused on capturing the event, andtechnical crews are tasked with operating complex equipment.

It would be advantageous to enable the operator of a field camera (orother video capture device) or other person(s) in the field associatedwith the operation of the field camera, to instantly post selectedimages or video clips from the recorded video content to one or moresocial media outlets. It would be advantageous to enable suchinstantaneous posting of images or video clips via the simple press of abutton. It would also be advantageous to enable production personnelremote from the field camera to receive and review images or video clipsfrom the video content recorded in the field and instantly post suchimages or video clips to selected social media outlets.

The methods, apparatus, and systems of the present invention provide theforegoing and other advantages.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides methods, apparatus, and systems forinstantly posting images or video clips to social media websites duringrecording of video content.

In one example embodiment of a method for instantly posting images orvideo clips to social media websites during recording of video content,a video capture device is provided. A social media integrationapplication is associated with the video capture device. The selectionof a still image or video clip during recording of video content isenabled via a one-touch process. The selected still image or video clipis then processed by the social media integration application such thatthe still image or video clip is at least one of directly forwarded toand posted on one or more pre-selected social media websites via anetwork (such as the Internet) or forwarded to and posted on the one ormore pre-selected social media websites via a web browser interface.

The one-touch process may be enabled by one of a push button on thevideo capture device, a touch screen button or swipe on a video displayscreen of the video capture device, a push button on an external devicein communication with the video capture device, a touch screen button orswipe on a video display screen of the external device, a device shakeof the video capture device, and a device shake of the external device.

The method may further comprise enabling the selection of the stillimage or video clip during playback of the recorded video content on thevideo display screen of the video capture device or on the video displayscreen of the external device.

The social media integration application may be running on one of thevideo capture device, an external device in communication with the videocapture device, or the web browser interface.

In one example embodiment, the video capture device may be Internetenabled and the social media application may be running on the videocapture device such that the video capture device forwards the selectedstill image or video clip to at least one of the one or morepre-selected social media websites or the web browser interface via theInternet.

In a further example embodiment, the external device may be Internetenabled and the social media application may be running on the externaldevice such that the external device forwards the selected still imageor video clip to at least one of the one or more pre-selected socialmedia websites or the web browser interface via the Internet.

The method may further comprise recording metadata with the videocontent and forwarding the metadata together with the still image orvideo clip to at least one of the one or more pre-selected social mediawebsites or the web browser interface. The metadata may comprise atleast one of geographic location information of the video capturedevice, date and time information of the recording, event title,ownership information, copyright information, image size information,video clip size or length information, video format, or additionalmetadata predefined or dynamically logged by a user of the video capturedevice. The additional metadata information may include at least one ofassignment name, geographic location, camera man name, reporter name,camera crew name, assistant name, producer name, story title, subjectmatter reference, program name, user comments, and the like.

At least one of a plurality of still images or video clips may beprovided to the web browser interface. The at least one of the pluralityof still images or video clips may be searchable via the web browserinterface using the metadata information or the additional metadatainformation.

A length of the video clip may correspond to a length of time of touchof the one-touch process or to a pre-selected length of time.

A configuration application may be provided for configuring the socialmedia integration application and the one-touch process. Theconfiguration application may enable at least one of configuration of alength of video clip selected via the one-touch process, the recordingof either the image or the video clip, the pre-selection of the one ormore social media websites, creation of at least one of a comment and amessage to accompany the image or the video clip, and the like.

The configuration application may be running on one of the video capturedevice, an external device in communication with the video capturedevice, or the web browser interface.

The web browser interface may be running on an Internet enabled devicein communication with one of the video capture device or an externaldevice associated with the video capture device.

A switch may be provided for configuring the one-touch process for theselection of a still image or a video clip. The switch may be located onone of the video capture device or an external device in communicationwith the video capture device.

The video capture device may comprise one of a video camera, a newscamera, a camcorder, a television camera, a movie camera, a portableelectronic device, a tablet computer, a smart phone, an IP or webcamera, a smart watch, smart eyeglasses, portable sports cameras, or thelike.

The web browser interface may be running on one of a televisionproduction facility computer, a newsroom computer, a mobile newsproduction facility computer, a portable electronic device, a tabletcomputer, a smart phone, a smart watch, smart eyeglasses, and the like.

The selected still image or video clip may be stored in cloud-basedstorage and accessible via the web browser interface. The web browserinterface may enable the pre-selection of the one or more social mediawebsites and previewing of the selected still image or video clip storedat the cloud-based storage prior to posting the still image or videoclip on the one or more pre-selected social media websites.

The video capture device may be configured to at least one of:periodically store at least one of still images or video clips duringthe recording; periodically forward at least one of the still images orthe video clips to cloud based storage for access by the web browserinterface; or periodically forward the still images or the video clipsto the one or more pre-selected social media websites.

The present invention also includes apparatus and systems correspondingto the methods described above. An example embodiment of a system forinstantly posting images or video clips to social media websites duringrecording of video content comprises a video capture device, a userinterface associated with the video capture device enabling selection ofa still image or video clip during recording of video content via aone-touch process, and a social media integration application associatedwith the video capture device for processing the selected still image orvideo clip such that the still image or video clip is at least one ofdirectly forwarded to and posted on one or more pre-selected socialmedia websites via a network or forwarded to and posted on the one ormore pre-selected social media websites via a web browser interface.

The system and apparatus of the present invention may also includevarious features of the method embodiments discussed above.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction withthe appended drawing figures, wherein like reference numerals denotelike elements, and:

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a first example embodiment of thepresent invention; and

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of a second example embodiment of thepresent invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The ensuing detailed description provides exemplary embodiments only,and is not intended to limit the scope, applicability, or configurationof the invention. Rather, the ensuing detailed description of theexemplary embodiments will provide those skilled in the art with anenabling description for implementing an embodiment of the invention. Itshould be understood that various changes may be made in the functionand arrangement of elements without departing from the spirit and scopeof the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

The present invention relates to methods, apparatus, and systems forinstantly sharing live video content (or select portions thereof) onsocial media concurrently with the recording thereof.

With the present invention, images or video clips from livehigh-definition quality video can be instantly shared on social mediavia a single click of a button. The present invention provides a simplemethod to contribute to social media by combining video capture withstill image capture for a quick upload to social media websites andother social media applications.

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention asshown in FIG. 1, a video capture device 10 (e.g. a field camera or anyother type of video recording device as discussed in detail below), isconnected to a network 12 such as the Internet or a cellular telephonenetwork (or other wide area network or local area network). A socialmedia integration application 14 is associated with the video capturedevice 10. The selection of a still image or video clip 18 from therecorded video content, during the recording of the video content, isenabled by a one-touch process (e.g., a button 16 or similar one-touchactuation device as discussed in detail below). The selected still imageor video clip 18 is then processed by the social media integrationapplication 14 such that the still image or video clip 18 is at leastone of directly forwarded to and posted on one or more pre-selectedsocial media websites 20 via the network 12 or forwarded to and postedon the one or more pre-selected social media websites 20 via a webbrowser interface 24 (shown in FIG. 2).

The video capture device 10 may contain the necessary processor, memoryand other hardware to run the social media integration application 14and connect to the network 12.

Alternatively, the video capture device 10 may be connected to anexternal device 17 in proximity to the video capture device 10. In suchan example embodiment, the external device 17 may run the social mediaintegration application 14 and enable the one-touch process (asdiscussed in detail below). The external device 17 may be connected tothe video capture device 10 via a wired or wireless connection. Theexternal device 17 may comprise, for example, a tablet computer, alaptop, a smartphone, an Internet appliance, a smart watch, smarteyeglasses (e.g., Google Glass), or other Internet enabled device.

The one-touch process may be enabled by one of a push button 16 on thevideo capture device 10, a touch screen interface (e.g., touch screenbutton or swipe) on a video display screen 11 of the video capturedevice 10, a push button 16 on the external device 17 in communicationwith the video capture device 10, a touch screen interface (e.g., touchscreen button or swipe) on a video display screen 15 of the externaldevice 17, a device shake of the video capture device 10, and a deviceshake of the external device 17. With the present invention, a singletouch, swipe or shake enables the capture of a still image or video clip18 from the video currently being recorded (with or without itsassociated metadata information as discussed below), processes the stillimage or video clip 18 via social media integration application 14, andposts the still image or video clip 18 (with or without its associatedmetadata) to one or more pre-selected social media websites 20 of theuser's choice.

Geographic location information may be provided by a GPS device 7associated with the video capture device 10 or the external device 17.The GPS device 7 may be integrated into the video capture device 10 orthe external device 17, or separate therefrom (for example, accessibleby the video capture device 10 or the external device 17 via the network12).

As is known in the art, video cameras may comprise a video screen andthe capability to playback recorded content that is resident in thecamera memory. Similar playback functionality can be provided on theexternal device 17. With such cameras and external devices, the samefunctionality can be provided to post video content that is recorded andplayed back on the video screen, such that, during playback of recordedcontent on the video screen (e.g. the video display screen 11 of thevideo capture device 10 or on the video display screen 15 of theexternal device 17), a selected image or video clip 18 from the recordedcontent being played back can be instantly posted (with or without itsassociated meta data) to one or more social media websites 20 via theone-touch process.

Either still images or selected video clips 18 can be posted to socialmedia (either during live recording or local playback) by the push ofthe button 16. A length of the video clip may correspond to a length oftime of touch of the one-touch process or to a pre-selected length oftime. For example, pushing and holding the button 16 (during recordingor local playback) may result in posting of a video clip from the videocontent corresponding to the length of time the button 16 was held.Alternatively, a switch may be provided for configuring the button 16 toselect either still images or video clips 18 of a certain length(without having to hold the button 16).

The social media integration application 14 may be running on one of thevideo capture device 10, an external device 17 in communication with thevideo capture device 10, or the web browser interface 24.

In one example embodiment, the video capture device 10 may be Internetenabled and the social media application 14 may be running on the videocapture device 10 such that the video capture device 10 forwards theselected still image or video clip 18 to at least one of the one or morepre-selected social media websites 20 or the web browser interface 24via the Internet (e.g., network 12).

In a further example embodiment, the external device 17 may be Internetenabled and the social media application 14 may be running on theexternal device 17 such that the external device 17 forwards theselected still image or video clip 18 to at least one of the one or morepre-selected social media websites 20 or the web browser interface 24via the Internet (e.g., network 12).

The method may further comprise recording metadata with the videocontent and forwarding the metadata together with the still image orvideo clip 18 to at least one of the one or more pre-selected socialmedia websites 20 or the web browser interface 24. The metadata maycomprise at least one of geographic location information of the videocapture device 10, date and time information of the recording, eventtitle, ownership information, copyright information, image sizeinformation, video clip size or length information, video format, andthe like, or additional metadata predefined or dynamically logged by auser of the video capture device 10.

The additional metadata information may be entered by the user via akeypad on the video capture device 10, via a touch screen keypad on thevideo screen 11, or via the external device 17 (e.g., via a touch screen15 or keypad), or via a configuration application 22. The additionalmetadata information may include at least one of assignment name,geographic location, camera man name, reporter name, camera crew name,assistant name, producer name, story title, subject matter reference,program name, user comments, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 2, at least one of a plurality of still images or videoclips 18 may be provided to the web browser interface 24 over thenetwork 12. The at least one of the plurality of still images or videoclips 18 may be searchable via the web browser interface 24 using themetadata information or the additional metadata information.

A configuration application 22 may be provided for configuring thesocial media integration application 14 and the one-touch process. Theconfiguration application 22 may enable at least one of configuration ofa length of video clip 18 selected via the one-touch process, therecording of either the image or the video clip 18, the pre-selection ofthe one or more social media websites 20, and creation of at least oneof a comment and a message to accompany the image or the video clip 18.

The social media integration application 14 may be configured to postimages or video clips to any social media account/website 20. Theaccount information for accessing and posting to various social mediawebsites 20 can be entered into the application 14 via a user interfaceassociated with a video screen of the video capture device 10 or theexternal device 17, or via the configuration application 22. Therefore,the user or operator of the video capture device 10 may setup the socialmedia integration application 14 to automatically and instantly post theselected images or video clips 18 to the desired social media websites20, including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube,Flikr, Google+, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Tumblr, myspace, Reddit, Snapchat,Blogger, Vine, Pheed, Mobli, and any other similar social media websitesor applications now existing or to be developed where pictures or videoclips can be posted.

The configuration application 22 may be running on one of the videocapture device 10, an external device 17 in communication with the videocapture device 10, or the web browser interface 24, or on a separatedevice remote therefrom. The configuration application 22 may be adaptedto run on any type of Internet enabled device, including but not limitedto a computer, smartphone, tablet computer, Internet appliance, a smartwatch, smart eyeglasses (e.g., Google Glass), or the like.

The web browser interface 24 may be running on an Internet enableddevice in communication with one of the video capture device 10 or anexternal device 17 associated with the video capture device 10.

A switch 19 may be provided for configuring the one-touch process forthe selection of a still image or a video clip 18. The switch 19 may belocated on one of the video capture device 10 or an external device 17in communication with the video capture device 10.

The video capture device 10 may comprise any type of image or videocapture device, including but not limited to a video camera, a newscamera, a camcorder, a television camera, a movie camera, a portableelectronic device, a tablet computer, a smart phone, an IP or webcamera, a smart watch, smart eyeglasses (e.g., Google Glass), andportable sports video cameras (e.g., GoPro cameras), or the like.

The web browser interface 24 may be running on one of a televisionproduction facility computer, a newsroom computer, a mobile newsproduction facility computer, a portable electronic device, a tabletcomputer, a smart phone, a smart watch, smart eyeglasses (e.g., GoogleGlass), and the like.

FIG. 2 shows a further example embodiment of the invention in which thevideo capture device 10 regularly and automatically transmits stillimages or video clips 18 of the captured video over the network 12 andprovides remote access to these images or video clips 18 via a webbrowser interface 24. These images or video clips 18 can be viewed andselected via the web browser interface 24 for quick and easy posting todesired social media sites 20.

As shown in FIG. 2, a selected still image or video clip 18 may bestored in cloud-based storage 26 and accessible via the web browserinterface 24. The web browser interface 24 may enable the pre-selectionof the one or more social media websites 20 and previewing of theselected still image or video clip 18 stored at the cloud-based storage26 prior to posting the still image or video clip 18 on the one or morepre-selected social media websites 24.

The video capture device 10 may be configured to at least one of:periodically store at least one of still images or video clips 18 duringthe recording; periodically forward at least one of the still images orthe video clips 18 to cloud based storage for access by the web browserinterface 24; or periodically forward the still images or the videoclips 18 to the one or more pre-selected social media websites 20.

When used in connection with news reporting or other live televisionbroadcasts (e.g., live sporting or entertainment events) the web browserinterface 24 may be located remote from the video capture device 10, forexample, at a production facility or newsroom. This enables theproduction crew to manage the desired social media accounts and postimages (or video clips) to the desired social media websites 20 inconcert with live news broadcasts.

In the FIG. 2 embodiment, the social media integration application 14mentioned in connection with the FIG. 1 embodiment may not be required.Instead, the video capture device 10 may be configured to periodicallystore a still image or video clip 18 from the video content beingrecorded, and a cloud based application 26 that connects to the videocapture device 10 (or a external device 17 associated therewith, such asthe TVUPack product from TVU Networks Corporation) may be configured toperiodically obtain the still images or video clips 18 from the videocapture device 10, store the images or video clips in storage(implemented as part of cloud based application 26 or other storageaccessible thereby) and make them accessible via the web browserinterface 24. The selection (or pre-selection) of the desired socialmedia websites 20 may be made at the web browser interface 24.

Alternatively, the video capture device 10 may include the social mediaintegration application 14 described above in connection with FIG. 1,and the images or video clips 18 selected by the operator via theone-touch process are sent to cloud based application 26 and madeaccessible to the web browser interface 24 (rather than directly to thesocial media websites 20). In such an example embodiment, the webbrowser interface 24 shown in FIG. 2 may contain the web browserconfiguration application 22 shown in FIG. 1 and described above (or theconfiguration application 22 may be separately implemented in the FIG. 2embodiment as described above in connection with FIG. 1). In this way,the video capture device 10 may be configured to either post images orvideo clips 18 selected by button 16 directly to social media websites20 or to provide the images or video clips 18 to the web browserinterface 24 periodically so that a remote operator can select theimages or video clips 18 and also select which of the social mediawebsites 20 they are to be posted to.

The web browser interface 24 may be configured to allow the operatorthereof to search through the still images or video clips 18 using themetadata captured with the image or video clip by date and time,geographic location, event name, or any other metadata informationprovided with the image or video clip as discussed above.

Although the present invention is discussed herein in connection withthe dissemination of news information, those skilled in the art willappreciate that the present invention, and particularly the FIG. 1embodiment thereof, may also be employed for personal use. For example,the present invention can be implemented on consumer video cameras,smart phones, tablet computers, and the like, so that, when a user isrecording video (e.g., home movies, vacation video, holiday videos, orrecording any other events) still images or video clips can be posted tothe user's selected social media websites 20. Similarly, the presentinvention can be also be employed for other commercial uses besidesdissemination of news information, as will be apparent to those skilledin the art (including but not limited to advertisement and promotionalpurposes for business, and the like).

It should now be appreciated that the present invention providesadvantageous methods and apparatus for instant one click posting ofimages or video clips from live or recorded video content to selectedsocial media web sites.

Although the invention has been described in connection with variousillustrated embodiments, numerous modifications and adaptations may bemade thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as set forth in the claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for instantly posting images or videoclips to social media websites during recording of video content,comprising: recording video content on a video capture device; providinga social media integration application associated with the video capturedevice; enabling user selection of a still image or video clip duringrecording of video content via a one-touch process; and automaticallyprocessing the selected still image or video clip by the social mediaintegration application such that the still image or video clip is atleast one of directly forwarded to and posted on one or morepre-selected social media websites via a network or forwarded to andposted on the one or more pre-selected social media websites via a webbrowser interface.
 2. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein theone-touch process is enabled by one of a push button on the videocapture device, a touch screen button or swipe on a video display screenof the video capture device, a push button on an external device incommunication with the video capture device, a touch screen button orswipe on a video display screen of the external device, a device shakeof the video capture device, and a device shake of the external device.3. A method in accordance with claim 2, further comprising enabling theselection of the still image or video clip during playback of therecorded video content on the video display screen of the video capturedevice or on the video display screen of the external device.
 4. Amethod in accordance with claim 1, wherein the social media integrationapplication is running on one of the video capture device, an externaldevice in communication with the video capture device, or the webbrowser interface.
 5. A method in accordance with claim 4, wherein thevideo capture device is Internet enabled and the social mediaintegration application is running on the video capture device such thatthe video capture device forwards the selected still image or video clipto at least one of the one or more pre-selected social media websites orthe web browser interface via the Internet.
 6. A method in accordancewith claim 4, wherein the external device is Internet enabled and thesocial media integration application is running on the external devicesuch that the external device forwards the selected still image or videoclip to at least one of the one or more pre-selected social mediawebsites or the web browser interface via the Internet.
 7. A method inaccordance with claim 1, further comprising: recording metadata with thevideo content; forwarding the metadata together with the still image orvideo clip to at least one of the one or more pre-selected social mediawebsites or the web browser interface; wherein the metadata comprises atleast one of geographic location information of the video capturedevice, date and time information of the recording, event title,ownership information, copyright information, image size information,video clip size or length information, video format, or additionalmetadata predefined or dynamically logged by a user of the video capturedevice; and the additional metadata information comprises at least oneof assignment name, geographic location, camera man name, reporter name,camera crew name, assistant name, producer name, story title, subjectmatter reference, program name, and user comments.
 8. A method inaccordance with claim 7, wherein: at least one of a plurality of stillimages or video clips are provided to the web browser interface; and theat least one of the plurality of still images or video clips aresearchable via the web browser interface using the metadata informationor the additional metadata information.
 9. A method in accordance withclaim 1, wherein a length of the video clip corresponds to one of alength of time of touch of the one-touch process or a pre-selectedlength of time.
 10. A method in accordance with claim 1, furthercomprising providing a configuration application for configuring thesocial media integration application and the one-touch process.
 11. Amethod in accordance with claim 10, wherein the configurationapplication enables at least one of configuration of a length of videoclip selected via the one-touch process, the recording of either theimage or the video clip, the pre-selection of the one or more socialmedia websites, and creation of at least one of a comment and a messageto accompany the image or the video clip.
 12. A method in accordancewith claim 10, wherein the configuration application is running on oneof the video capture device, an external device in communication withthe video capture device, or the web browser interface.
 13. A method inaccordance with claim 1, wherein the web browser interface is running onan Internet enabled device in communication with one of the videocapture device or an external device associated with the video capturedevice.
 14. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein: a switch isprovided for configuring the one-touch process for the selection of astill image or a video clip; and the switch is located on one of thevideo capture device or an external device in communication with thevideo capture device.
 15. A method in accordance with claim 1, whereinthe video capture device comprises one of a video camera, a news camera,a camcorder, a television camera, a movie camera, a portable electronicdevice, a tablet computer, a smart phone, an IP or web camera, a smartwatch, smart eyeglasses, and a portable sports video camera.
 16. Amethod in accordance with claim 1, wherein the web browser interface isrunning on one of a television production facility computer, a newsroomcomputer, a mobile news production facility computer, a portableelectronic device, a tablet computer, a smart phone, a smart watch, andsmart eyeglasses.
 17. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein theselected still image or video clip is stored in cloud-based storage andaccessible via the web browser interface.
 18. A method in accordancewith claim 17, wherein the web browser interface enables thepre-selection of the one or more social media websites and previewing ofthe selected still image or video clip stored at the cloud-based storageprior to posting the still image or video clip on the one or morepre-selected social media websites.
 19. A method in accordance withclaim 1, wherein the video capture device is configured to at least oneof: periodically store at least one of still images or video clipsduring the recording; periodically forward at least one of the stillimages or the video clips to cloud based storage for access by the webbrowser interface; or periodically forward the still images or the videoclips to the one or more pre-selected social media websites.
 20. Asystem for instantly posting images or video clips to social mediawebsites during recording of video content, comprising: a video capturedevice for recording the video content; a user interface associated withthe video capture device enabling user selection of a still image orvideo clip during recording of video content via a one-touch process;and a social media integration application associated with the videocapture device for automatically processing the selected still image orvideo clip such that the still image or video clip is at least one ofdirectly forwarded to and posted on one or more pre-selected socialmedia websites via a network or forwarded to and posted on the one ormore pre-selected social media websites via a web browser interface.